Re: [T2] Exhaust Leak noise

["Joey Armsworthy" <jarmsworthy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Carey" <vwcharddy@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <type2@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Barbato, Nick" <Nick_Barbato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: [T2] Exhaust Leak noise


> Hello everyone,
>
> I have a three part question about a 78 Westy (FI) I
> am restoring.
>
> First, I noticed the brown wire going into the voltage
> regulator has had its insulation melted off, has
> anyone had a similar problem and if so, what are the
> likely causes?

If the engine is not grounded to the frame with a heavy ground cable (same
guage as battery ground cable ) , the brown wire takes all the current,
which is to much for that size wire, espesially if you keep spinning the
starter over and over trying to start it.

Joey.